This board has been pretty quiet pretty much since the second trailer came out and it breaks my heart :'( so let's open up a new topic!

I think the topic of radio has already been discussed but screw it, it's getting discussed again!

What are you hoping for/expecting from the radio, tv and internet in the game?

From the radio, I'm hoping for the same kinda range of stations as IV had, but I'd want more variety within the stations. Especially when it comes to the talk radio. WKTT and Integrity were 2 of my favourite stations, but they got old fast! I liked the radio better in San Andreas where the talk radio and what the DJs were saying changed over time depending on what part of the game you were at.

I think a bit more TV would be cool too. A few more channels/shows, maybe even televised sports that you can bet on? I'd definitely love to see more of The Republican space rangers!!! Damn I loved them!

I think the internet in IV was really good, but it'd be great to see more sites you can actually interact with. Like say, the Autoerotic car website. How great would it have been if you could actually buy the cars advertised? Actually go round to the persons house and either buy or steal their car. Or even trade. And it'd be good to have internet accessible on your smartphones etc, like real life.

This board has been pretty quiet pretty much since the second trailer came out and it breaks my heart :'( so let's open up a new topic!

I think the topic of radio has already been discussed but screw it, it's getting discussed again!

What are you hoping for/expecting from the radio, tv and internet in the game?

From the radio, I'm hoping for the same kinda range of stations as IV had, but I'd want more variety within the stations. Especially when it comes to the talk radio. WKTT and Integrity were 2 of my favourite stations, but they got old fast! I liked the radio better in San Andreas where the talk radio and what the DJs were saying changed over time depending on what part of the game you were at.

I think a bit more TV would be cool too. A few more channels/shows, maybe even televised sports that you can bet on? I'd definitely love to see more of The Republican space rangers!!! Damn I loved them!

I think the internet in IV was really good, but it'd be great to see more sites you can actually interact with. Like say, the Autoerotic car website. How great would it have been if you could actually buy the cars advertised? Actually go round to the persons house and either buy or steal their car. Or even trade. And it'd be good to have internet accessible on your smartphones etc, like real life.

Is there anything specific that you guys wanna see?

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YES! A thousand times yes. every time i used to see those ads about people selling their cars.. I'd b like TELL ME WHERE YOU LIVE!! I would snatch that away from you before you can say "oh shit!"

i would really like to see a better interaction with internet.. i really dont care about Radio or TV.. cuz i never listen/watch that during game.. I'd like to have a custom radio channel though. save your songs in ps3 and then turn your custom radio station on and Zoom on!

They did say money will play a huge part.. so hopefully we will be able to buy cars.. and i forget where.. but i stated that they should do the following.. They should add like 10-20 extra AWESOMEST cars and have them locked...the way you unlock them...is by buying them legitimately and once bought.. you shall have one in your garage and see them on the roads as well.. I really didnt like the Idea of Infernus being available only after the bernie mission.. and that too if bernie gives it to you.. i know it was available in EoLC, but in GTA IV original... it wasn't

This board has been pretty quiet pretty much since the second trailer came out and it breaks my heart :'( so let's open up a new topic!

I think the topic of radio has already been discussed but screw it, it's getting discussed again!

What are you hoping for/expecting from the radio, tv and internet in the game?

From the radio, I'm hoping for the same kinda range of stations as IV had, but I'd want more variety within the stations. Especially when it comes to the talk radio. WKTT and Integrity were 2 of my favourite stations, but they got old fast! I liked the radio better in San Andreas where the talk radio and what the DJs were saying changed over time depending on what part of the game you were at.

I think a bit more TV would be cool too. A few more channels/shows, maybe even televised sports that you can bet on? I'd definitely love to see more of The Republican space rangers!!! Damn I loved them!

I think the internet in IV was really good, but it'd be great to see more sites you can actually interact with. Like say, the Autoerotic car website. How great would it have been if you could actually buy the cars advertised? Actually go round to the persons house and either buy or steal their car. Or even trade. And it'd be good to have internet accessible on your smartphones etc, like real life.

Is there anything specific that you guys wanna see?

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YES! A thousand times yes. every time i used to see those ads about people selling their cars.. I'd b like TELL ME WHERE YOU LIVE!! I would snatch that away from you before you can say "oh shit!"

i would really like to see a better interaction with internet.. i really dont care about Radio or TV.. cuz i never listen/watch that during game.. I'd like to have a custom radio channel though. save your songs in ps3 and then turn your custom radio station on and Zoom on!

They did say money will play a huge part.. so hopefully we will be able to buy cars.. and i forget where.. but i stated that they should do the following.. They should add like 10-20 extra AWESOMEST cars and have them locked...the way you unlock them...is by buying them legitimately and once bought.. you shall have one in your garage and see them on the roads as well.. I really didnt like the Idea of Infernus being available only after the bernie mission.. and that too if bernie gives it to you.. i know it was available in EoLC, but in GTA IV original... it wasn't

this way the money will be utilized in a proper manner.

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Yeah I like the idea of buying a car and it being yours forever more. I think for that to be fair though, you should have to pay for repairs to it and stuff. Kinda like True Crime or the scarface game. (Which I think I've said on just about every other thread here xD)

And yeah, a custom radio channel would be brilliant! I always wished IV had one. It'd be great to zoom away listening to literally whatever the hell you wanted to

Yea like they had it in mafia 2.. u take it to your garage.. n its yours.. but you fix the damages.. even if you destroy the darn thing.. you would still be able to fix it..but it would cost u a hefty sum of money. I really liked the garage system in Mafia 2 and Scarface. I wish they have the combination of the two.. like if u r in the middle of no where..u could choose a car from your phone and someone would deliver.. and when u r in your garage.. u can just choose what ever beast you want out of it.

Yeah I really like that idea too! I loved that system in scarface. Taking from the Godfather game too, there could be like a weekly or monthly sum of money you have to pay to keep your driver on the payroll, or pay a (small) fee every time you want your driver to come out.

My favourite type of music is hip hop. It's pretty obvious that we'll be getting a hip hop station, but i'd appreciate a classic hip hop station as well, like in IV. I'd also like the playlist for all stations to have around double the amount of songs that were in IV. That would be a massive plus for me. I also really want Lazlo to be back on the radio somehow. He was awesome in IV. "Sometimes women can be so attractive that you just cant help but... but... uh... bite them." Yeah give me 3 talk radio stations like IV and i'll be happy. Make them longer though. And a custom music option would be appreciated.

TV

I really enjoyed watching TV in IV. I absolutely want this feature to return. I'd like for them to make the channels like radio stations. EG. you only get certain shows on this channel, but not on that channel. Sure you can have the same ads, but atleast make the channels REAL channels. I should know when im watching something on CNT. And obviously there should be more content on tv. I loved shows like "The Men's Room" and "Im Rich" but im assuming most shows will be different to reflect current times. They'll probably have a reality show poking fun at the Kardashians or something.

Internet

The internet needs more interactivity. I should be able to order cars, weapons or whatever other stuff they put into the game. It would be nice if MOST of the links worked this time around. We basically should be able to use the internet to set up gameplay scenarios for ourselves. Kind of like in IV how you could arrange a date, except maybe you could arrange someone to meet you, only for you to kill them for their money (Not in a creative mood right now lol ). When you got women's numbers in BOGT, im pretty sure they were randomly generated names (correct if im wrong). It'd be cool to interact with randomly generated people on the internet.

The internet needs more interactivity. I should be able to order cars, weapons or whatever other stuff they put into the game.

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I would also like this, I mentioned in another thread I would like to buy cars from the garages this time also (I don't want to steal EVERY car I own )
Maybe this will be one of the features R* were talking about, saying there will be more things to spend money on?

I know its not gonna happen...but I wish there would be a radio station that bumps California Love!

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Why does that seem crazy?

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Because "California" technically doesn't exist in the GTA universe...unfortunately

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Aah I see what you're getting at. I don't think that would be a problem though. It didn't stop them from putting "You fuckin' with a dirty New Yorker" in GTA IV as well as other songs mentioning NY. And in GTA SA they had that "California knows how to party" song. It's the same words as in "California Love" except it was just "California knows how to party" being sung without any rap. So there could be hope!

Because "California" technically doesn't exist in the GTA universe...unfortunately

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Aah I see what you're getting at. I don't think that would be a problem though. It didn't stop them from putting "You fuckin' with a dirty New Yorker" in GTA IV as well as other songs mentioning NY. And in GTA SA they had that "California knows how to party" song. It's the same words as in "California Love" except it was just "California knows how to party" being sung without any rap. So there could be hope!

I am expecting a radio like Saints Row 2 where you can take all tracks from the game and make your own custom radio.

I also hope you can listen to uploaded music. This was widely requested for last gen's consoles yet barely any games I have played that would use that feature sadly did not. I do not understand why they would not. Maybe it is a technical issue.

I am expecting a radio like Saints Row 2 where you can take all tracks from the game and make your own custom radio.

I also hope you can listen to uploaded music. This was widely requested for last gen's consoles yet barely any games I have played that would use that feature sadly did not. I do not understand why they would not. Maybe it is a technical issue.

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The Playstation 3 received an update ages ago that allowed it to play music during games. Im pretty sure it only allows music if the devs who made the game allow it to be played on their game because I've only got 1 game (that I know of) that allows me to play music. Midnight Club LA

As I have mentioned in the last post many people wanted this and I don't understand why they would not have it so. Why would they need an update when it should have been from release? Does X Box 360 have it featured more?

I don't care much for what they do with the television part, as I already struggle to sit through 10 minutes of TV (other than sports) in real life.

For the radio, I'd like more variety. In GTA IV, most of the stations seemed to have pretty lame music that nobody cared about. The Beat had some surprisingly good Hip-Hop, and Liberty Rock had some good classic rock, but pretty much every other station seemed to have music that sounded like it was made by random artists you'd find in small clubs in small towns. I also hope the GTA exclusive remixes continue (Like in IV with songs such as "You wanna ride, let's ride through Liberty City"), I thought that really made Liberty City feel more like a real place, which was really cool. When it comes to hip-hop, I don't mind having underground hip-hop as that's usually some of the best stuff, but I hope there's just more popular music in general in the GTA V, primarily for rock and metal (I'd love some Disturbed or Rev Theory). A custom station could always solve those issues, too.

As for the internet, I really like the suggestions I've seen thus far. A website like Craigslist would be cool, where you could look up cars, clothes, cell phones etc. and actually be able to drive to the place and either purchase or steal them. Some kind of social networking site, too. I liked how you could meet Kiki, Carmen and Alex through online stuff, and I'd like to see that expanded in the next game. Finally, I think something like YouTube would be cool, imagine seeing videos of random NPC's doing goofy shit like you see on YouTube nowadays.

As I have mentioned in the last post many people wanted this and I don't understand why they would not have it so. Why would they need an update when it should have been from release? Does X Box 360 have it featured more?

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The Ps3 didn't have music playability at launch. Im pretty sure the 360 did though, and im also pretty sure that all games on 360 allow music. Im assuming the reason for not having it in the first place was because they didn't feel it was necessary, but once they saw that the competition had it, they had to add it. (PS3)

I don't care much for what they do with the television part, as I already struggle to sit through 10 minutes of TV (other than sports) in real life.

For the radio, I'd like more variety. In GTA IV, most of the stations seemed to have pretty lame music that nobody cared about. The Beat had some surprisingly good Hip-Hop, and Liberty Rock had some good classic rock, but pretty much every other station seemed to have music that sounded like it was made by random artists you'd find in small clubs in small towns. I also hope the GTA exclusive remixes continue (Like in IV with songs such as "You wanna ride, let's ride through Liberty City"), I thought that really made Liberty City feel more like a real place, which was really cool. When it comes to hip-hop, I don't mind having underground hip-hop as that's usually some of the best stuff, but I hope there's just more popular music in general in the GTA V, primarily for rock and metal (I'd love some Disturbed or Rev Theory). A custom station could always solve those issues, too.

As for the internet, I really like the suggestions I've seen thus far. A website like Craigslist would be cool, where you could look up cars, clothes, cell phones etc. and actually be able to drive to the place and either purchase or steal them. Some kind of social networking site, too. I liked how you could meet Kiki, Carmen and Alex through online stuff, and I'd like to see that expanded in the next game. Finally, I think something like YouTube would be cool, imagine seeing videos of random NPC's doing goofy shit like you see on YouTube nowadays.

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- I think the reason they have a lot of lesser known artists on the radio is because they don't want to have music that everybody has already heard. I thought IV did pretty well coming from a hip hop fan.

- Agree with the exclusive gta mixes (You wanna ride, lets ride through liberty city). <<< This was replicating the freestyles that they do on the Hip Hop radio stations in real life (Hot 97 or whatever its called)

As I have mentioned in the last post many people wanted this and I don't understand why they would not have it so. Why would they need an update when it should have been from release? Does X Box 360 have it featured more?

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Im assuming the reason for not having it in the first place was because they didn't feel it was necessary, but once they saw that the competition had it, they had to add it. (PS3)

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A company that specializes in music products didn't think people would want to listen to their own music instead of ones the game provided? Like GTA #4 where many did not like the radio. This is an essential feature for a video game that allows it.

They also had this feature on the regular X Box and I liked it for Tony Hawk.

As I have mentioned in the last post many people wanted this and I don't understand why they would not have it so. Why would they need an update when it should have been from release? Does X Box 360 have it featured more?

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Im assuming the reason for not having it in the first place was because they didn't feel it was necessary, but once they saw that the competition had it, they had to add it. (PS3)

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A company that specializes in music products didn't think people would want to listen to their own music instead of ones the game provided? Like GTA #4 where many did not like the radio. This is an essential feature for a video game that allows it.

They also had this feature on the regular X Box and I liked it for Tony Hawk.

T.V.:
Channels instead of random shows on any channel
game shows/reality game shows
Spittoon (or another R.D.R. based show)
L.A. noir based show
talk show (maybe a return of the men's room)
Weasel news (instead of just commercials for it)

This board has been pretty quiet pretty much since the second trailer came out and it breaks my heart :'( so let's open up a new topic!

I think the topic of radio has already been discussed but screw it, it's getting discussed again!

What are you hoping for/expecting from the radio, tv and internet in the game?

From the radio, I'm hoping for the same kinda range of stations as IV had, but I'd want more variety within the stations. Especially when it comes to the talk radio. WKTT and Integrity were 2 of my favourite stations, but they got old fast! I liked the radio better in San Andreas where the talk radio and what the DJs were saying changed over time depending on what part of the game you were at.

I think a bit more TV would be cool too. A few more channels/shows, maybe even televised sports that you can bet on? I'd definitely love to see more of The Republican space rangers!!! Damn I loved them!

I think the internet in IV was really good, but it'd be great to see more sites you can actually interact with. Like say, the Autoerotic car website. How great would it have been if you could actually buy the cars advertised? Actually go round to the persons house and either buy or steal their car. Or even trade. And it'd be good to have internet accessible on your smartphones etc, like real life.

Is there anything specific that you guys wanna see?

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While playing GTA IV, I once went to watch the in-game tv and I was bored out of my mind. RSR was the only show that caught a glimpse of my eye opened since I usually dozed off during in-game tv watching. To me they could completely delete it from GTA V, I rather be out the house creating mayhem. As for internet, I rarely browsed it unless I had to read an email, the rest was just too boring. Scratch that too...unless there's some mission where we secretly hack into other computers and steal information or something of that nature.
As for the radio, the variety was pretty good in GTA IV....more talk shows would be nice...bastions buddies was hilarious!

Radio and TV are not really something I'm concerned about, never understood watching a video game TV show. I really liked Radio Broker, downloaded the songs to listen to irl but other than Lazlo I will listen to just about anything. I'd also like the ability to upload your own songs, I probably wouldn't do it but having that in it can only be a good thing.

Money, internet and buying stuff should be much better in V. There has to be more to do in V after the story is over and one way to do that is giving the player things to buy. I like the idea mentioned already about making things like repairs cost more and making certain cars extremely expensive so you have something to work towards when you have nothing left to do.

One feature I loved in SR III was the garage system. Buy an expensive car and it should be yours forever and not disappear if you take it on a mission. But if you destroy it it should still be available to you in your garage. That is if they even bring garages back. And imo taking garages out was a mistake. Parking on save spots was an overlooked mistake imo because there was no way to prevent them from being swiped or wrecked off the spot if you hung around outside your house.

A few other things to touch on... I didn't like having to paint my car 15 times to get the color I wanted. Missed customization. Missed owning properties, houses and better rewards.

Radio and TV are not really something I'm concerned about, never understood watching a video game TV show. I really liked Radio Broker, downloaded the songs to listen to irl but other than Lazlo I will listen to just about anything. I'd also like the ability to upload your own songs, I probably wouldn't do it but having that in it can only be a good thing.

Money, internet and buying stuff should be much better in V. There has to be more to do in V after the story is over and one way to do that is giving the player things to buy. I like the idea mentioned already about making things like repairs cost more and making certain cars extremely expensive so you have something to work towards when you have nothing left to do.

One feature I loved in SR III was the garage system. Buy an expensive car and it should be yours forever and not disappear if you take it on a mission. But if you destroy it it should still be available to you in your garage. That is if they even bring garages back. And imo taking garages out was a mistake. Parking on save spots was an overlooked mistake imo because there was no way to prevent them from being swiped or wrecked off the spot if you hung around outside your house.

A few other things to touch on... I didn't like having to paint my car 15 times to get the color I wanted. Missed customization. Missed owning properties, houses and better rewards.

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yeah, garages were awesome.....in san andreas I would customize some cars to look real gangsta..but for some reason, sometimes they would become all white. probably a bug. hope they're back, especially cuz we're back in the west coast. should have the ability to buy a hangar so you could store like 20 awesome cars inside, or choppers or airplanes or loot or whatever.

Radio and TV are not really something I'm concerned about, never understood watching a video game TV show. I really liked Radio Broker, downloaded the songs to listen to irl but other than Lazlo I will listen to just about anything. I'd also like the ability to upload your own songs, I probably wouldn't do it but having that in it can only be a good thing.

Money, internet and buying stuff should be much better in V. There has to be more to do in V after the story is over and one way to do that is giving the player things to buy. I like the idea mentioned already about making things like repairs cost more and making certain cars extremely expensive so you have something to work towards when you have nothing left to do.

One feature I loved in SR III was the garage system. Buy an expensive car and it should be yours forever and not disappear if you take it on a mission. But if you destroy it it should still be available to you in your garage. That is if they even bring garages back. And imo taking garages out was a mistake. Parking on save spots was an overlooked mistake imo because there was no way to prevent them from being swiped or wrecked off the spot if you hung around outside your house.

A few other things to touch on... I didn't like having to paint my car 15 times to get the color I wanted. Missed customization. Missed owning properties, houses and better rewards.

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I think they decided to get rid of garages for IV because having a garage in NY isn't really realistic, but I agree, I missed garages a lot in IV

The main character should have an mp3 player instead so you could listen to music whenever you wanted and make playlists. Saints Row had that. All of the tv, radio and billboards were funny and like real ones.